Berkshire Yoga Festival 2026: Full Schedule

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9:00am EDT

From Message to Movement: Designing Transformational Offerings

Thursday June 11, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Every teacher has a message worth sharing, the question is how to shape it into a workshop, retreat, or program that
transforms lives and supports your livelihood. In this interactive session, Krystal draws on years of international teaching and program creation to give you a clear structure for designing powerful experiences rooted in your
dharma.You’ll leave with tools to align your story, message, and method into a workshop or program that inspires others and expands your impact.

Presenters

Krystal Say

Owner, SWEAT Power Yoga

Krystal Say is a visionary leader, global educator, and wellness entrepreneur dedicated to helping others discover their purpose, ignite their passion, and integrate their practice to lead a fulfilling life. As the co-founder of The Hyouman Experience and owner of SWEAT Power Yoga... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Fisher Room, Country Inn 37 Corey Rd, Hancock, MA, USA

Intensive

Schedule Spotlights Teacher's Path

9:00am EDT

Pillars of Longevity: Yoga for Grip Strength and Cardio Respiratory Health

Thursday June 11, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Crane West

Limited Capacity seats available

You may recognize these two leading indicators for longevity. But whatever is helpful in the future must be attained and maintained for its healthy benefits today. We’ll explore these vital health markers in remarkably doable ways. What good is it to attain if we cannot easily maintain? We’ll address wrist issues and arthritic tendencies in the base of the thumb. You’ll learn why it’s not so much strength, but grip function that’s vital. But foundational to it all is cardio-respiratory health. We’ll delve into practical and straightforward breathing practices you can easily incorporate into your daily life. The results you experience will naturally inspire simple, steady practice.

Presenters

Jeff Bailey

Founder, Avita Yoga

Jeff’s life has centered around yoga since his first experience with the practice in 1985. He has taught over 13,000 classes and workshops, owned studios, and is the founder of Avita Yoga. Jeff Bailey is an expert at restoring joint health. He has helped thousands overcome pain... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Crane West 37 Corey Road, Hancock, MA, USA

Intensive

Schedule Spotlights Longevity & Mobility

9:00am EDT

The Kundalini Experience Immersion

Thursday June 11, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Burbank Room

Limited Capacity seats available

What is kundalini anyway? How can we have an embodied experience in a safe and supported way? These are the themes that will be explored as we journey through spinal suppleness, mantra meditation, connection and community. The whole point of this immersion is to have a lived experience of your beauty, grace and perfection. No self improvement required, simply show up as you are.

Presenters

Jeannie O'Neill

M.ED, E-RYT500, Yoga Farm Ithaca

Jeannie has a master's degree in education specializing in contemplative pedagogy and transformative curriculum design. She is a 500E-RYT Vinyasa and Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Mindfulness Meditation instructor, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider, and an Ayurvedic health... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Burbank Room 37 Corey Rd, Hancock, MA 01237, USA

Intensive

Style Kundalini
Schedule Spotlights Personal Growth & Transformation, Yoga Philosophy & Wisdom Traditions

9:30am EDT

Luminous Coherence: A Meditation Protocol to Rewire the Brain and Unlock Lasting Freedom

Thursday June 11, 2026 9:30am - 12:00pm EDT

JJ's Lodge

Limited Capacity seats available

Luminous Coherence unites modern science and ancient wisdom. This is a breakthrough, evidence-informed protocol that draws from neuroscience, CBT-informed self-inquiry, mindfulness, and tantric kriya meditation. Initially, the technique accelerates access to unified—non-dual—awareness. Progressively it then is applied to retrain default patterning in the brain and nervous system, transforming maladaptive mental, emotional, and behavioral tendencies. The result is a new and expansive sense of freedom––moment to moment to moment.

Research shows the practice provides “significant” measurable gains in emotional resilience, stress recovery, daily functioning and discipline, trauma-linked reactivity, creativity and insight—in seasoned as well as newer meditators. Rather than chasing peak experiences, the practice leads one to the stable healing ground of coherence, clarity and compassion for yourself, others and the world.

Presenters

Rod Stryker

Thursday June 11, 2026 9:30am - 12:00pm EDT
JJ's Lodge 37 Corey Road, Hancock, MA, USA

Intensive

Schedule Spotlights Personal Growth & Transformation

2:00pm EDT

Roll Model Menopause

FILLING

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Crane East

Limited Capacity filling up

Perimenopause and post-menopause produce vast bodywide changes to the female body. But its impact on fascial tissues has only recently emerged in scientific literature. Fascia remodels due to the presence or lack of estrogen. This transformation can result in pains that invisibly erupt out of “nowhere" in joints large and small. This workshop will take you through critical data to help, whether you are female bodied encountering these changes, or you work with this population. Expect rollouts that support common pain complaints during peri/post/menopause including frozen shoulder, hip pain, breast tenderness, pelvic floor pain and more.
Part lecture/Part experientialPROPS: Blocks, Strap, Mat

Presenters

Jill Miller

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Crane East 37 Corey Rd, Hancock, MA 01237, USA

Intensive

Schedule Spotlights Women's Health, Anatomy & Biomechanics, Studio Partner Picks

2:00pm EDT

Somatic Psychology of Yoga: Unlocking Equanimity of Mind

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Burbank Room

Limited Capacity seats available

Grow into joyfulness and unconditional well-being!

We need all the limbs of the Yoga Sutra’s ashtanga yoga, (plus a bit of help from Yoga Sutra’s Four Attitudes) to reconfigure persistent painful habits of body and mind. A brief look at the functions of the mind and nervous system reveals how and why the full range of yoga practice is potent, effective, and necessary.

In this intensive we’ll look at the kleshas (afflictions) in light of modern neuroscience and explore what it means to embody the Yoga Sutra:
● Correct misalignments of survival instincts with restraints (yamas) and yoga practice
● Practice breath-aligned movement and yogic breathing to balance the nervous system and develop interoception (mindfulness and self-awareness)
● Correct emotional and behavior misalignment with observances (niyamas) and four attitudes—antidotes to common undesirable tendencies
● Learn a simple short but powerful daily self-reflection practice
● Correct conceptual and perceptional misalignments through meditation and self reflection (svadhyaya)

Presenters

Sandra Anderson

Himalayan Institute

Senior faculty at the Himalayan Institute, Sandy teaches yoga, meditation, and philosophy, and is a key instructor in the Institute's teacher training programs. She is the coauthor of the award-winning book, Yoga Mastering the Basics, and a frequent contributor to the Himalayan Institute's online Wisdom Library. Her work draws on her immersion in the living oral tradition, traditional texts of hatha yoga and tantra, training in Sanskrit, and her background in environmental science. A long-time resident at the Himalayan Institute with a diverse background and life experience, Sandy has a unique capa... Read More →

Sponsors

Himalayan Institute

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Burbank Room 37 Corey Rd, Hancock, MA 01237, USA

Intensive

Schedule Spotlights Teacher's Path, Studio Partner Picks

2:00pm EDT

Yoga Anatomy Asana Lab

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

JJ's Lodge

Limited Capacity seats available

Are there elements of your yoga in which you are striving for a breakthrough? Have you seemed to reach a plateau in other aspects of your practice? Are you healing from injuries, or just hoping to avoid them? Bring your inquiries to this three hour immersion with Leslie Kaminoff, co-author of the perennial best-seller “Yoga Anatomy and learn the bedrock principles behind healthy movement and effective alignment. From those foundations, you will be able to experiment with a wide variety of individual adjustments and adaptations that will keep your practice healthy and effective at any age. All levels welcome, and ample time will be devoted to individual questions.

Presenters

Leslie Kaminoff

Founder, President, The Breathing Project, Inc.

Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. With more than five decades’ experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy, he leads workshops for schools and training programs around the world and online. Leslie’s passion is teaching... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
JJ's Lodge 37 Corey Road, Hancock, MA, USA

Intensive

Schedule Spotlights Anatomy & Biomechanics, Teacher's Path

2:00pm EDT

Yoga Therapy and Mental Health – Understanding and Managing Anxiety

FULL

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Crane West

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

In this 3-hour workshop, we will:
- Learn the theory and practice of Yoga Therapy for working with conditions that impact mental health
- Understanding anxiety and how adapt and calibrate the tools of Yoga Therapy to manage conditions of anxiety.
- Do a full practice focused on managing anxiety.

This practice that will include āsana, prāṇāyāma, mantra japa, svādhyāya, and meditation.

Presenters

Gary Kraftsow

Gary Kraftsow has been an innovator in the transmission of yoga for health, healing, and personal transformation for over 40 years. He began his study of yoga in India with T.K.V. Deśikācar in 1974 and received a Viniyoga Special Diploma from Viniyoga International in Paris, France... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Crane West 37 Corey Road, Hancock, MA, USA

Intensive

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Berkshire Yoga Festival 2026

9:00am EDT

Krystal Say

9:00am EDT

Jeff Bailey

9:00am EDT

Jeannie O'Neill

9:30am EDT

Rod Stryker

2:00pm EDT

Jill Miller

2:00pm EDT

Sandra Anderson

Himalayan Institute

2:00pm EDT

Leslie Kaminoff

2:00pm EDT

Gary Kraftsow

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